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Are you an Electrical Design Engineer who enjoys completing tasks and projects from start to finish and strives to meet and exceed our customers’ expectations? Are you seeking an environment that encourages growth mindset?

Are you a creative and detail-oriented Electrical Design Engineer capable of problem solving, critical thinking, and developing alternative solutions?

If so, then picture yourself at Thomson.

For more than 75 years, Thomson has been a leader in the mechanical motion technology industry, designing, manufacturing, and marketing products highlighted by globally trusted brand names and innovative technologies. In short, we help our customers build better machines to improve lives.

Thomson’s team continues to expand with new opportunities in Advanced Manufacturing Technology. Here, you will be working with a collaborative, excited, and hard-working group of individuals looking to make a difference.

The Electrical Design Engineer position is located in Marengo, IL and is responsible for designing, programming, and implementing the tests that ensure the quality and the functionality of a product along with being involved in all phases of the product development launch cycle.

Summary

The Electrical Design Engineer position will be responsible for the development of new products (platform or Customer Lead Opportunity - CLO) that meet performance, cost, and quality requirements.  Along with other responsibilities, this position will also generate clear technical documentation and procedures that can be referenced by other design, manufacturing, or quality engineers.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Support existing products through cost reduction, failure analysis, application solution and product derivatives.
• Provide drawing and documentation approval for simple to medium complexity components and processes
• Provide recommendations with corresponding documentation to engineering manager or project team for complex components and processes
• MRB dispositioning (Material Review Board)
• Use of computer-aided design analysis tools to optimize designs in an efficient manner
• Position requires 5-10% travel

Expected Outcomes after first year

• Meeting tollgate contract deliverables (launch OTD, product & project cost and quality metrics)
• Deliver designs that meet VOC (voice of customer) and VOP (voice of process) inputs and requirements
• Product and process design documentation that leverages reference designs and best practices enabling design traceability

Critical Competencies

• • Analytical Thinking – identifies patterns across data or situations that are not obviously related
  • Communication – listens to others and creates clarity through verbal and written communications
  • Customer Focus – clearly articulates customer needs to drive customer satisfaction; provides excellent service to internal and external customers
  • Decision Making – makes timely and informed decisions that consider the facts, constraints, risks, and likely impacts
  • Entrepreneurial Spirit – actively seeks out and recognizes opportunities that help company grow, improve, and evolve
  • Organizational Effectiveness – effectively navigates organizational structures and drives momentum to achieve desired outcomes
  • Problem Solving – methodically defines, investigates, and executes effective solutions

What we do for you

• Competitive salary
• Flexible working hours
• Paid vacation
• Vacation purchase program
• Sick days
• 12 Paid holidays a year
• 401k Plan with up to a 5% match from the company
• Medical, dental, vision insurance plans
• Basic life and disability insurances, both short and long term, paid by employer
• Voluntary life insurance purchase program

Education and Experience Requirements

• 4-year degree (BS) in Electrical Engineering or other related discipline
• 3 years required experience
• Ability to perform design calculations
• Use of computer-aided design tools. Altium Designer and MPLAB tool experience desirable
• Understanding of design requirement, part function and manufacturing principles
• Ability to facilitate a technical discussion with internal and external customers (application or spec review and VOC)
• Ability to solve moderately complex problems